While many other webzines have chosen to ignore it, for reasons best known to themselves, the EP is a format which has long been championed by Über Rock, so much so that it has had its very own end of year chart. So, here our writers champion the bite size morsels of musical magic that have caught their ears, and stayed there, over the past 12 months…

With several EPs nominated more than once, this year we once again are in a position to pull together an overall chart of Über Rock’s Top Five EPs. So, having tallied the votes, the result is as follows:

=1. Drakonis – ‘As They Rot’

=1. Voivod – ‘Post Society’

3. Karma To Burn – ‘Mountain Czar’

4. The DeRellas – ‘Freakshow’

=5. Brandy Row - 'Hold No Shame'

=5. The Main Grains - 'Don't Believe Everything You Think'

COMING TOMORROW: Über Rock’s top albums of the year, as voted for by our writers.